A brotform can be a great addition to your baker's toolbox, Nicki. To get the lovely rings shown in the pictures here, you would flour your brotform well and use it without the liner. Some bakers prefer to use a liner with theirs, as it makes clean up easier and better ensures against sticking, but the trade-off is that you lose the lovely pattern. As for using it with gluten-free breads, all of the gf recipes we've developed tend to produce something that's more like batter than dough, and would be too wet to do use with a brotform (our gf breads generally need to be risen and baked in loaf pans). If you've had success with other, stiffer gf bread doughs, then by all means give it a shot. Mollie@KAF

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